Episodes

In our thrilling two hundred and thirteenth episode Fox and Conrad take a break from reviewing weekly progs to reminisce on the whole of 2000 AD comics for the year 1989. It’s a chance to reflect, review, and give out awards! Welcome to the 1989 Spinnies! At the end of every chronological year in our prog timeline we give out awards to the storylines and thrills we liked best over the last year. Stay tuned until the end to hear what’s coming up in 1990 from both 2000AD and our show! And don’t f...

In our thrilling two hundred and twelfth episode we continue our journey through the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic with the 1989 Winter Special of 2000AD. This Special is a real boom/bust publication, mixing side stories from low priority thrills with some extremely dense filler, and even some REPRINT filler! This episode Conrad is joined by top 2000AD art droid Chris Weston! He was an amazing sport, discussing some of his earliest work! Among many many other places you can find Chris’s work on House...

In the first mega episode of our Judge Dredd Megazine Primer series Eli and Conrad are looking at some classic Dredd adventures to learn more about the Lawman of the Future. This episode we’re talking about Judge Dredd and his relationships with the people of Mega-City One, and what life is like in that post scarcity dystopian megalopolis! We’ll learn how people live, see a few sub-cultures in action, and try to survive a night in the life of Judge Dredd Stories Discussed: City Block Sob Stor...

Only joking! Just a very brief mid-week announcement to provide some updates. Listen to the audio for slighlty more details We’ve got a new show starting Friday, the Judge Dredd Primer. Podcast mastermind Conrad and Big Meg One co-host Eli will run through some of Dredd’s adventures and learn about his world to prepare for the start of the Judge Dredd Megazine! The first in a multi-part series! Just a reminder that the Starlord podcast marathon, or Starlordathon, starts on July 25th at 1100 UT...

In our thrilling two hundred and eleventh episode Fox and Conrad continue their journey through the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic with Progs 657-659 of 2000AD, covering December of 1989. This episode It’s a festive mood as Dredd deals with mentals, Christmas, and families, Chopper gets ready for the big race, Zenith deals with super hero intrigue, and Judge Anderson gets random! Thrills Covered: Chopper The Dead Man Judge Dredd Zenith Anderson, Psi Division Contact the show at: spacespinner2000...

In our thrilling two hundred and tenth episode Conrad and Fox continue their journey through the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic with Progs 654-656 of 2000AD, covering November and December of 1989. This episode Young Giant deals with the past, the Dead Man goes on a quest, Chopper heads to Mega-City Two, Slaine goes deep sea diving, and Zenith has one of the greatest single pages in human history! But perhaps more importantly, FOX TAKES THE WHEEL! Thrills Covered: Chopper Zenith Judge Dredd The De...

Hail, Star-Troopers! On July 25th, at 1100 UTC the team from Space Spinner 2000 will begin a journey like no other! We shall undertake…The Starlordathon! We’ll recap every issue of the classic British sci-fi comic Starlord, one issue an a hour plus the first Special and Annual, in a 24 hour test of our endurance and our capacity to withstand thrilling action! Starlord is the original home the classic Strontium Dog and Ro-Busters comics, as well as tales of time travel, alternate realities, and ...

In our thrilling two hundred and ninth episode Fox and Conrad continue their journey through the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic with Progs 650-653 of 2000AD, covering October and November of 1989. This episode we’re at the start of a new era! All new thrills, two more in color, and since it’s a fresh start for 2000AD we’re making this a new listener episode! We’re taking some extra time to introduce the comic itself and the stories within. If you’re new to 2000AD or to us here at Space Spinner 2000, Th...

In our thrilling two hundred and eighth episode Fox and Conrad continue their journey through the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic with Progs 645-649 of 2000AD, covering September and October of 1989. This episode we continue clearing the decks ahead of the big relaunch next episode all thrills must end! Whether you want them too or not! This episode’s a five-proger, so we can catch the jumping-on prog next episode. Thrills Covered: Anderson, Psi Division Beyond Zero Strontium Dog Judge Dredd Ferve...

In our thrilling two hundred and seventh episode we continue our journey through the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic with the 1990 Judge Dredd Annual. This is the tenth Dredd Annual, and features new stories from relative new comers like Arthur Ranson, and some classic Ron Smith stories and Ian Gibson’s Daily Dredds. This episode Conrad is joined by Sheridan of the Back Prog Hack Blog! Every day Sheridan reviews some classic 2000AD content, usually a prog, but he’s also covered Starlord, Tornado, and e...

In our thrilling two hundred and sixth episode we continue our journey through the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic with the 1990 2000AD Annual. This is the thirteenth 2000AD Annual, and this time we’re under massive thrill sucker attack, while enjoying some new stories featuring Judges Dredd and Anderson, Mandala, and the final Moon Runners adventure! This episode Conrad is joined by Eamonn Clarke of the Mega-City Book club podcast! Every other week Eamonn and a guest read and review a 2000AD related c...

In our thrilling two hundred and fifth episode Fox and Conrad continue their journey through the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic with Progs 641-644 of 2000AD, covering August and September of 1989. This episode Judge Anderson and Judge Dredd deal with old enemies, it’s a psychic duel in Moon Runners, the Survivor is on the run, and Fervent & Love return to confuse us all! Also, if you’re in the market for a fine anthology comic book, with many stories written and drawn by some of your old 2000AD favori...

In our thrilling two hundred and fourth episode Fox and Conrad continue their journey through the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic with Progs 637-640 of 2000AD, covering July & August of 1989. This episode we’re dealing with the whole animal kingdom from ants and spiders to alien bugs, from man-brained panthers to Block-Ness monsters, from shettledogs to whatever the heck Feral is! Also Conrad thinks this episode is coming out a week later than it is! Freak out! Anderson, Psi Division Medivac 318 Judg...

In our thrilling two hundred and third episode Fox and Conrad continue their journey through the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic with Progs 633-636 of 2000AD, covering June and July of 1989. This episode we’ve got a changing of the guard, as Sláine and Zenith begin their quests, Anderson meets a Triad, Beyond Zero goes to the mall, Medivac 318 gets psychic, and Strontium Dog returns! Thrills Covered: Judge Dredd Zenith Sláine Beyond Zero Rogue Trooper Medivac 318 Anderson, Psi Division Tales fr...

In our thrilling two hundred and second episode Fox and Conrad continue their journey through the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic with Progs 629-632 of 2000AD, covering June of 1989. This episode Dredd has a near death experience, Sláine meets the goddess, Zenith meets the heroes, Rogue has some rough times, We head out to say hi in Beyond Zero, and PJ Maybe begins his confessions! This is another episode where Conrad and Fox are all over each other, don’t worry we’ve worked it all out! Thrills Covered...

In our thrilling two hundred and first episode Fox and Conrad continue their journey through the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic with Progs 625-628 of 2000AD, covering May of 1989. This episode we remain in filler country even as two huge stories begin, Zenith Phase Three and Sláine the Horned God! I hope you like episodes where Conrad and Fox are all over each other! Thrills Covered: Rogue Trooper Tales from the Doghouse Judge Dredd Sláine Zenith Future Shocks We reference a couple a articles r...

In our thrilling TWO HUNDREDTH episode Fox and Conrad continue their journey through the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic with Progs 621-624 of 2000AD, covering April of 1989. This episode Dredd is heading down south for justice, Anderson is in a psychic showdown, Medivac 318 comes down hard, and Rogue Trooper gets held up on his way to Cinnabar! Thrills Covered: Anderson, Psi Division Medivac 318 Judge Dredd Strontium Dog Daily Dredds Zippy Couriers Tales from the Doghouse Rogue Trooper Future...

It’s Crime Time AGAIN! Also it’s the twenty-ninth in our series of Space Spinner 2000 collections! These collections have all of our coverage for a specific character or storyline, all in one place. They’re a great accompaniment to reading collected versions of 2000AD, or to just hear your favorite thrill all in one place. Stop the World, I wanna get on! Harry 20 comes right at the dawn of what we here at Space Spinner chart as the golden age of 2000, roughly from 1982 to 1986. It’s a story of ...

In our thrilling hundred and ninety-ninth episode we continue our journey through the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic with the 1989 Judge Dredd Mega-Special. It’s the second Judge Dredd Mega-Special, with all new stories by newer Dredd artists and a lot of background information about Dredd and his world. This episode Conrad is joined by Eli, indie comic maker and future host of our Judge Dredd Megazine spin-off Big Meg One! Look for more info on Big Meg Meg over the coming months, and check out Eli’s ...

It’s Crime Time! Also it’s the twenty-eighth in our series of Space Spinner 2000 collections! These collections have all of our coverage for a specific character or storyline, all in one place. They’re a great accompaniment to reading collected versions of 2000AD, or to just hear your favorite thrill all in one place. The Stainless Steel Rat! I’m not sure how Tharg got the idea to adapt some short, fun, sci fi novels into comics, but it very much works! The Stainless Steel Rat is a story of cri...

In our thrilling hundred and ninety-eighth episode Fox and Conrad continue their journey through the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic with Progs 616-620 of 2000AD, covering March & April of 1989. This episode Dredd fights a little blue man, Johnny Alpha fights a Feral mutant, Judges Anderson and Corey fight for psychic justice, and Medivac 318 isn’t fighting anyone, they’re here to help! We’re getting rowdy this episode! Thrills Covered: Anderson, Psi Division Night Zero Swifty’s Return Judge Dredd ...

Drokk it! It’s the twenty-seventh in our series of Space Spinner 2000 collections! These collections have all of our coverage for a specific character or storyline, all in one place. They’re a great accompaniment to reading collected versions of 2000AD, or to just hear your favorite thrill all in one place. We’re back in Mega-City One for a massive, nearly three hour episode! Case Files Five covers over a year of Dredd stories and is truly massive, covering everything from organized crime racke...

In our thrilling hundred and ninety-seventh episode we continue our journey through the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic with the 1989 Sci-Fi Special of 2000AD. This Special is for the fellows, with all the stories featuring female protagonists! This episode Conrad is joined by the blithesome Pete Wells! A legend in the 2000AD fan community, you can find his work at: https://sensorystoriespodcast.com/ and http://2000adcovers.blogspot.com/ Thrills Covered: Moon Runners Judge Corey The Amazing Maze Du...

Kiss my axe! It’s the twenty-sixth in our series of Space Spinner 2000 collections! These collections have all of our coverage for a specific character or storyline, all in one place. They’re a great accompaniment to reading collected versions of 2000AD, or to just hear your favorite thrill all in one place. More than most thrills, Slaine is a story with distinctive eras, easily identified by their artists. This collection has most of the first era, with work by series creator Angela Kincaid (A...